Chapter 11
Kat POV
I reluctantly sat down next to Riker, and waited to hear what he was going to make up next. I wasn't buying any of it.
"Kat, look, I wasn't cheating on you! That girl was really interviewing me!"
"Sure she was…"
"Kat really!"
"Then what magazine was it for?"
"Starstruck."
"When's it being published?"
"Like 2 weeks."
"Well then you'll just have to wait until then."
"What!?"
"If in 2 weeks, an article comes out about you in Starstruck, I'll believe you. But if it doesn't, I'll know you're a big fat liar!"
Riker grabbed my wrists, forcefully pulled me up from the front steps, and slammed me hard against my house.
"KAT I'M NOT CHEATING ON YOU AND I'M NOT LYING!" Riker shouted, his face almost touching mine.
"Let me go Riker!"
I ripped my hands from Riker's grip, and ran upstairs to my room. Who did he think he was!?
Later…
Riker POV
I angrily slammed the door to mine and Rocky's room when I got back.
"So how'd it go?" Rocky asked.
"Bad!"
"Really?"
"Well you didn't help!"
"What happened?"
"She's waiting for the article to get published. She totally didn't believe anything I said."
"Really?"
"Yes Rocky! Do you think I'm making this stuff up!? And the worst part was that I slammed her up against her house! I can't believe I did that! I didn't mean to! I just got so mad!"
"Well when the article gets published, you'll be ok again right?"
"2 WEEKS ROCKY! 2 WEEKS!"
"I don't… really know what to say to that…"
I sighed, flopped down on my bed, and tried to get some sleep. I'd have to try again in the morning…
Morning…
Riker POV
Rocky practically had to drag me out of bed in the morning. I was exhausted from everything last night. But I could definitely think clearer now although it was hard to control my emotions from my lack of sleep.
"What happened last night?" Rydel asked.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"I heard yelling, stomping, banging, and door slamming."
"Oh. Nothing…"
"Riker-"
"I said it was nothing Rydel!" I screamed.
Rydel turned and ran up the stairs. I sighed.
"Whoa Riker, go easy!" Said Rocky.
"I didn't mean to- whatever… I'm going to Kat's."
"You're not even dressed!"
"I don't care!"
I walked down the street to Kat's in my pajamas. I was determined to get her to believe me. I knocked on her door and her mom answered.
"You're Riker, right?"
"Yeah. Is Kat home?"
"Yeah, she's still sleeping. You can go wake her up though."
"Thanks."
I silently walked up the stairs to Kat's bedroom. Her door was open, so I closed it before walking over to her bed. She looked so cute when she was sleeping. I just wanted that Kat back again.
"Kat?" I said, gently shaking her.
Her eyes snapped open, and she grabbed my wrist.
"What are you doing here!?" She asked angrily.
"You need to believe me!"
"Well I don't and I won't! You hurt me Riker! Lies can't fix how I feel!"
"They're not lies! I swear!"
Kat sat up so she could face me.
"Riker, I don't believe you. I'm sorry."
"Kat-"
"Just go home already! You can't fix this!"
Kat POV
"I didn't even do anything wrong!"
"You broke my heart!"
"Well now you're breaking mine!"
"What are you talking about!?"
"Kat… Kat I love you. I can't imagine living without you! Now that you hate me… it's just… it's killing me inside!"
Riker started crying and I was so confused! Either he hadn't cheated on me, or he really wanted me back! Ummm… What now?
"Kat please, you have to believe me!"
I just looked down at him. He was kneeling on my floor, holding my hands in his. His adorable hazel eyes were staring straight into mine, pleading. He sure wasn't making this easy…
"Riker, this is shredding me to pieces. With everything going on right now with my family and stuff, and now you… I just don't know if I can."
"So you believe me?"
"I don't know…"
"Kat-"
"Riker, I can't do this!"
"Kat please-"
"I can't date you right now!" I shouted, standing up.
"Kat please! I need you!" Riker said, getting up and following me outside into my backyard.
"Riker, just go home. I can't do this right now."
"Kat, I need you! I never thought in a million years I would end up falling for you. But I did. And now I need you to believe me! I don't care if I can't be your boyfriend anymore, but I need to know that you believe me! I said I would never hurt you, and I still never would! I don't know how this happened, but it wasn't my fault! It was an interview! Why can't you believe that!?"
"Because one of my old boyfriends cheated on me in the beginning of our relationship. I caught him one day, and he lied to me. I believed him when he said he wasn't cheating on me, but I caught him again, and broke up with him. I didn't go to school for 2 weeks. He broke my heart! I wasn't sure if dating you was a good idea because I was afraid of the breakup and the heartbreak! And look what happened!"
"It wasn't my fault!"
"It doesn't matter. My heart is broken, and I don't think you can fix that."